During Michigan State basketball’s win over Portland on Sunday in the Phil Knight Invitational, a rather peculiar turn of events happened when the Spartans scored seven points on a single possession.
Here is what happened:
- Mady Sissoko scored a basket
- Sissoko fouled on the play and there was also a flagrant foul
- Sissoko was given three total free throws, one for a common foul and two for a flagrant
- MSU received the ball back and scored one more time
After the play and after the game itself, Portland coach Shantay Legans was beside himself, losing his cool at the referees.
He might have had a point. Portland athletic director Scott Leykam posted on social media that he was told by JD Collins, who placed the officials for the tournament, that MSU should have only been given two free throws instead of three. Since the game ended up being won by only one point, it makes sense why Legans was so upset.
We've received questions about what ended up as a 7-point play yesterday. Immediately after the game, JD Collins, who assigned officials for PKI and is former NCAA Coordinator of Officials, shared that there should have been only 2 free throws awarded on the play. Not 3.
— Scott Leykam (@sleykam) November 28, 2022
Here was the play:
Things you don't see everyday. ⬇️@MSU_Basketball scored 7️⃣ points on a single possession tonight against Portland. 😱 pic.twitter.com/jZNL3Xfe2V
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 28, 2022
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